MEASUREMENT

CUSTOMMARY SYSTEM

Capacity

• 1gallon = 2quarts / 4quarts / 8pints / 128ounces
• 1quart = .25gallons / 2pints / 4cups / 32ounces
• 1pint = .125gallons / .15quarts / 2cups / 16ounces
• 1cup = .0626gallons / .25quarts / .5pints / 8ounces
• 1ounce = .0078125gallons / .03125quarts / .0625pints / .125cups

Length

• 1mile = 1760yards / 5280feet / 63360inches
• 1yard = .0005681818181818182miles / 3feet / 36inches
• 1foot = .0001893939393939394miles / .3333333333333333feet / 12inches
• 1inch = .000015782828282828283miles / .027777777777777776yards / .08333333333333333feet

Weight

• 1ton = 2,000pounds / 23,000ounces
• 1pound = .0005tons / 16ounces
• 1ounce = .0.00003125tons / 0.0625pounds

Mr . Gallon :
1 Gallon=4 Quarts, 1 Quart=2 Pints, 1 Pint=4 Cups

Places in black = Customary System. Places in green = Metric System.

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Personal References

Length

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If you run for about 9-10 minutes, you've run for a mile.

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A laptop is about 1 foot long.

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A notebook is about a foot long.

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A eraser is about a inch long.

Weight

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A slice of bread is about 1 ounce.

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A loaf of bread is about 1 pound.

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A normal house-hold (healthy) cat weights about 15-20 pounds.

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A car weights about 1 ton.

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A army tank on average, weights about 20 tons.

Capacity

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A large jug of milk hold 1 gallon.

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A small cup of coffee hold about 1 cup.

METRIC SYSTEM

When using the Metric System, the prefixes in a word change there meaning. This is a chart to show you what they mean.

|| thousands || hundreds || tens || 1 unit || tenths || hundredths || thousandths ||

|| 1000 || 100 || 10 || 1 || 0.1 || 0.01 || 0.001 ||

|| kilo- || hecto- || deca- || liter meter gram || deci- || centi- || milli- ||

Length

• 1centimeter = 10millimeters
• 1meter = 100centimeters / 1,000millimeters
• 1kilometer = 1,000meters / 10,000decimeters / 100,000centimeters / 1,000,000millimeters

Mass

• 1gram = 1,000milligrams
• 1hectogram = 100grams / 1,000decigrams / 100,000centigrams / 1,000,000milligrams
• 1kilogram = 1,000grams / 10,000decigrams / 100,000centigrams / 1,000,000milligrams

Capacity

• 1liter = 10deciliters / 100centiliters / 1,000milliliters

Personal References

Capacity

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Water bottles are usually 1 liter.

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10 water drops is about 1 milliliter.

Mass

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3 apples is about 1 kilogram.

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1 paperclip is about 1 gram.

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1 book is about 1 kilogram.

Length

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6 city blocks is about 1 kilometer.

LINKS

Use this to test your skills in the Customary System...
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